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Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will this be a total revision of the programme for Government? I noticed that the Taoiseach was talking about revising the economic assumptions which underlay the programme, including the assumption of 4.5% growth which was the basis of the programme. Therefore will there be a total revision or does it only concern those aspects of the programme that arise from the changed economic...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach said that a revised programme for Government would be in place before we return in the autumn.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Will it be published? When we previously had questions on the programme for Government in the House we pointed out that the economic circumstances had changed and the assumptions which underlaid the programme for Government had also changed. The existing programme for Government is a work of fiction in these circumstances. When was the decision taken to review the programme?

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That would mean a revised programme for Government.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Following on from the issue Deputy Kenny raised, when Deputy Kenny and I asked the Taoiseach earlier this morning about the live register figures, the answer he gave us was for the seasonally adjusted figure.

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The answers he gave on all previous occasions he was asked this question were for the actual live register figure. The Taoiseach should take the opportunity to correct the record. The difference is that for the seasonally adjusted figure the month-on-month increase in the number unemployed is 11,400. However, for the actual live register figure the month-on-month increase is 21,721. On the...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: He did not use this ploy before. This is the first time he has used it.

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I was interested to hear the Taoiseach say that unemployment was rising but rising more slowly. That is the equivalent of saying we are sinking but sinking more slowly. We are sinking nevertheless. A total of 413,000 people out of work is a record, and the number has risen by about 200,000 since this time last year. We hear a lot of talk these days about cuts in public spending and...

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: -----so I presume he has some idea of when unemployment is likely to peak and at what level. Can he tell us this? What is his answer to the comments made by the head of the Construction Industry Federation this morning that an additional 100,000 building workers were expected to lose their jobs as a result of the decline in the capital programme?

Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: The problem is that the Government is not giving sufficient priority to employment and to dealing with the problem of unemployment. What the Taoiseach seems to be saying is that if we sort out the banks and the public finances, a recovery in employment will happen as a consequence. There are a couple of things wrong with that argument. First, we are pumping large amounts of borrowed money...

Programmes for Government. (1 Jul 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 3: To ask the Taoiseach the promised timetable for the review of the programme for Government; the format the review will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25665/09]

Written Answers — Farm Advisory Services: Farm Advisory Services (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 39: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is assisting farming groups with regard to the establishment of advice clinics for farming families currently under financial pressure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26051/09]

Written Answers — Sheep Identification Scheme: Sheep Identification Scheme (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 54: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the estimated cost of the electronic tagging system proposed for Irish ewes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26052/09]

Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I support Deputy Kenny's pursuit of the issues raised in the joint Fine Gael-Labour motion. This matter will have to be inquired into. It would be better if the Government agreed to the proposal we have made, which is modest and should not divide the House. I ask the Taoiseach to reconsider the Government's position, which would appear to be to amend the proposal before the House.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I have two matters concerning reports, the first of which is the report of what is called an bord snip nua. When will that report be received by the Government and when will it be published? Will the House have an opportunity to consider it before we break for the summer? I have asked before about the report of the Dublin archdiocese commission of investigation into clerical sex abuse....

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Today is the last day in existence of the Combat Poverty Agency. Whatever reason the Government had to abolish this agency, it is not because it has put an end to poverty. Last Wednesday I raised with the Taoiseach the problems faced by poor people in my constituency — people who have recently been hit by poverty — in accessing the emergency social welfare service operated by the...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I am glad to hear that the local problem is being resolved, but it should not have required me to raise it here twice before that happened. This type of emergency service should not break down anywhere and I hope we do not see a repetition of the problem elsewhere. My second question was to ask the Taoiseach whether he would give an assurance to pensioners and others that there will not be a...

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is not an industrial relations issue.

Leaders' Questions (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: That is a different matter.

Order of Business (30 Jun 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: This is the first of eight guillotines the Government intends to use on business this week, which is not the way to conduct business or have legislation passed. Over the years, we have had many examples of Bills that were rushed in the final couple of weeks of the parliamentary session ending up being bad legislation. Time and again, problems have arisen in the courts as a result of...